Add MacPorts support

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos, php
Domain
backend, operating-systems

Research direction

Start in src/FFI.php at the linked code around line 298 and inspect how the Homebrew binary location is selected. Verify the MacPorts path /opt/local/bin/vips is handled, then check the repository's existing validation or test entry points if available; done means MacPorts-installed vips can be located without breaking Homebrew support.

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Description

HomeBrew is not the only package manager on macOS.

https://github.com/libvips/php-vips/blob/2e9280ba6e7dcc3c70c8ec007c35075215b71f46/src/FFI.php#L298

MacPorts is an equally-valid package manager, which stores binaries in a different location. Vips is installed at the following location when using MacPorts...

/opt/local/bin/vips

I'll do a pull request for your consideration.

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